§460uu Establishment; description of area

Summary

Creates El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico to protect the Grants Lava Flow, the Las Ventanas Chacoan Archeological Site, and other important natural and cultural resources for present and future generations. The monument is about 114,000 acres, shown on the map titled “El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area,” map number NM–ELMA–80,001–B, dated May 1987, which is on file for public inspection in the office of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. As soon as practicable after December 31, 1987, the Secretary of the Interior must file a legal description of the monument with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. That legal description has the same legal effect as if it were in the law. The Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the description and the map, and the legal description will also be on file and open for public inspection at the National Park Service.